Keshav Maharaj

South Africa · SPIN · 2017 to 2025 · on scorecards: KA Maharaj

BATTING

Matches: 56
Innings: 31
Runs: 324
Average: 14.08
Strike rate: 80.39
High score: 40
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 73
Average: 31.12
Economy: 4.72
Strike rate: 39.5
Best figures: 5/33
4w / 5w: 3 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 13 / 0
Run-outs effected: 1

CAREER IN BRIEF

Keshav Maharaj played 55 ODIs for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 2017 to 2025. The first came against England at The Rose Bowl, with 1 wicket, and the last against India at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in 2025.

The most productive decade was the 2020s: 66 wickets at 31.2 in 51 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 33 against Australia at Cazaly's Stadium in 2025. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 22 wickets at 35.1 at home and 34 wickets at 29.8 away. The most wickets came against Australia: 18 wickets at 25.8 in 12 ODIs. SuperSport Park was the most frequent ground, with 5 ODIs and 7 wickets at 24.3. Keshav Maharaj captained South Africa in 7 ODIs, winning 2 and losing 3. South Africa won 30 of the ODIs Keshav Maharaj played and lost 22.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 55 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
40	37	Netherlands	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	2023	Lost
28	39	Bangladesh	SuperSport Park	2022	Lost
23	16	Bangladesh	SuperSport Park	2022	Lost
22*	24	Australia	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025	Won
20*	28	India	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium	2025	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/33	10	Australia	Cazaly's Stadium	2025	Won
4/22	5.3	England	Headingley	2025	Won
4/33	9.1	Australia	Wanderers Stadium	2023	Won
4/46	9	New Zealand	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	2023	Won
3/25	6.1	England	Lord's	2017	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Australia	12	45	7.50	0/0	18	25.83
England	11	20	6.67	0/0	18	23.50
India	11	66	13.20	0/0	9	50.22
Sri Lanka	6	40	13.33	0/0	10	23.10
Bangladesh	4	51	25.50	0/0	4	45.25
Ireland	3	17	17.00	0/0	3	46.33
Pakistan	3	26	26.00	0/0	3	51.67
Netherlands	2	58	58.00	0/0	1	44.00
New Zealand	2	1	1.00	0/0	4	27.75
Afghanistan	1	0	–	0/0	2	12.50

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	19	116	12.89	0/0	22	35.09
Away	25	155	14.09	0/0	34	29.82
Neutral	11	53	17.67	0/0	16	27.50

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	4	25	12.50	0/0	6	27.67
2020s	51	299	14.24	0/0	66	31.21

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
SuperSport Park	5	88	29.33	0/0	7	24.29
R Premadasa Stadium	4	23	11.50	0/0	7	18.86
Boland Park	4	16	8.00	0/0	4	44.75
The Village	3	17	17.00	0/0	3	46.33
Wanderers Stadium	3	4	2.00	0/0	4	27.25
Mangaung Oval	3	2	2.00	0/0	2	71.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v England, 2017 at The Rose Bowl
Latest in the archive: v India, 2025 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 7 February 1990
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Balls faced (career): 403
Ducks: 1
Four-wicket hauls: 3
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 74.5
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 85.0
Balls per dismissal against pace: 21.3
Balls per dismissal against spin: 14.0

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 399 balls faced in that period.

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